Registered charity · Ipswich
Ipswich Furniture Project
- 7 trustees
- Income £622k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
- Website
- www.ipswichfp.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ipswich Furniture Project
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£622k£623k
- 2024£550k£571k
- 2023£678k£706k
Earlier years
- 2022£785k£740k
- 2021£713k£544k
Charitable objects
THE PREVENTION OR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE RE-USE, RECYCLING AND SUPPLYING OF ITEMS OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, STATUTORY BODIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED WITHIN THE NOTIONAL AREA OF EAST ANGLIA; OFFERING HELP TO PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT; TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ASPECTS OF WASTE GENERATION, MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ON-JOB/VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS TO ENHANCE BOTH WORK AND LIFE SKILLS; THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF WASTE-REDUCTION, RE-USE, RECLAMATION, RECYCLING, USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS AND CARBON SAVING.TO ASSIST IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT ANY CHARITY IN EAST ANGLIA WHOSE AIMS INCLUDE ADVANCING EDUCATION OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS BY DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Michael Allison Chair since 2013
- Elizabeth Mary Harsant since 2013
- Fiona Loader since 2013
- Martin Whitworth since 2015
- Murray Brunning since 2021
- Nicholas David Burfield since 2013
- Paul Henry since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Allison Chair since 2013
- Elizabeth Mary Harsant since 2013
- Fiona Loader since 2013
- Martin Whitworth since 2015
- Nicholas David Burfield since 2013
- Paul Henry since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Michael Allison Chair since 2013
- Fiona Loader since 2013
- Martin Whitworth since 2015
- Nicholas David Burfield since 2013
- Paul Henry since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- Elizabeth Mary Harsant since 2013
- Murray Brunning since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1151719
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/07/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/03/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 05170995 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01473404004 · shop@ipswichfp.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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